tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post1470297817692765766..comments2024-03-08T00:17:09.224-08:00Comments on The Daily Grind: We Need a little ControverseyMr. McNamarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062641578010808106noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-38591545686447634952011-10-16T19:33:46.276-07:002011-10-16T19:33:46.276-07:00i like Eminem song.. its is awesome
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I am in the planning stage f...Thanks TeacheRefPoet. I am in the planning stage for this class and your ideas are welcomed. <BR/>Another book I need to read this week, given to me by the Department Chair, is "A Home on the Field" by Paul Cuadros.Mr. McNamarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062641578010808106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-78704408654741232252009-03-01T18:51:00.000-08:002009-03-01T18:51:00.000-08:00I teach HS English and finished the book yesterday...I teach HS English and finished the book yesterday. I loved the book, and wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole for my classes. I'd consider trying to get it approved by my district...as I did -The Things They Carried- a few years ago before teaching it...but I wouldn't count on it happening.<BR/><BR/>That said, I could see you reading -Ball Four- and getting just as much out of it. It passes the "Why not this?" test the commenter gives above. The book caused as much controversy as -Odd Man Out- when it was released, and for many of the same reasons (violation of the code of silence, publicly revealing that some players are drunken louts, etc.) And -Ball Four- has become so canonized within sports literature that challenges to its inclusion on a sports lit syllabus would be just as weak as challenges to -Huck Finn- on an American Lit syllabus. As -Huck- is a titanic bit of writing that is entirely necessary to understand US Lit and History, so -Ball Four- is to Sports Lit History. <BR/><BR/>I would have a copy of -Odd Man Out- in the classroom, though, and I'd have a degree of difficulty/enrichment assignment for kids to read -Odd Man Out- or maybe Jim Brosnan's -The Long Season- to compare to Bouton. Brosnan pre-dates Bouton, McCarthy obviously post-dates him. What do the differences say about our changing culture and the changing culture of sports?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, as much as I liked -Odd Man Out,- that's the extent to which I'd use it...as an enrichment assignment that requires a parent signature.TeacherRefPoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087147646389275919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-67376272414766426362009-02-25T18:27:00.000-08:002009-02-25T18:27:00.000-08:00Before you use this book in a classroom environmen...Before you use this book in a classroom environment, you should be aware of mounting allegations that parts of the book are untrue.<BR/><BR/>My web site covers the Angels minor leagues, and I was with Provo in 2002 for a couple of series, so I'm familiar with the people named in the book.<BR/><BR/>This link will get you all the articles on my blog about this book:<BR/><BR/>http://comment.mlblogs.com/search?tag=Odd%20Man%20Out&blog_id=980Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-59024431219894232992009-02-24T06:17:00.000-08:002009-02-24T06:17:00.000-08:00Buy the books for them, censor that one section, d...Buy the books for them, censor that one section, distribute the books, and have the students pay you back. No reason a great book such as Odd Man Out should be withheld because of one paragraph.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-91859825017589978792009-02-24T05:40:00.000-08:002009-02-24T05:40:00.000-08:00Ummmm...no it is not appropriate. It is borderlin...Ummmm...no it is not appropriate. It is borderline sexual harassment. Actually, all it has to do is make one kid or coworker uncomfortable and it IS sexual harassment. <BR/><BR/>It would make me uncomfortable.<BR/><BR/>School is a workplace and workplace rules apply. And in the workplace you do not discuss overtly sexual topics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-37171780684827412112009-02-24T05:15:00.000-08:002009-02-24T05:15:00.000-08:00The issue to me doesn't seem to be so much the pro...The issue to me doesn't seem to be so much the promotion (or acceptance) of homophobic values, as it is the general confrontation of sensitive material. Certainly a teammate comically making another teammate's penis into a hotdog is not particularly homophobic, even if it causes a stir in the audience and is followed by the obligatory "I'm not gay!" So then it boils down to talking about and joking about penises -- which high school students basically spend half their day doing anyway. I don't think there's any problem openly discussing such matters; I think your students could handle it, and would truly appreciate being treated as adults/equals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-52889184113646321622009-02-24T03:55:00.000-08:002009-02-24T03:55:00.000-08:00What any teacher should be asking him/herself is, ...What any teacher should be asking him/herself is, "Why this one and not some other? What can I teach them about literature with this book that would be more difficult with some other book? How does this book tie in with the rest of the curriculum?" If the answers to these questions are such that they will allow you to look a concerned parent, administrator, student in the eye, then you're on the right track. "I like it," is not, in and of itself, a good enough justification, although we know it is always helpful when you have to teach something. Any book you use is just a tool--why is this the right tool?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-35180672725812975072009-02-24T03:04:00.000-08:002009-02-24T03:04:00.000-08:00I agree with TheGodfather. Kids these days grow u...I agree with TheGodfather. Kids these days grow up seeing things much worse than is portrayed in this amazing book. McCarthy's book has a way of taking the real story behind minor league sports and brings it to life! I am sure people were faced with the same dilemma when trying to decide if they should allow kids to read "Catcher in the Rye." Trust your instincts and just do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-82545395874783558432009-02-23T19:24:00.000-08:002009-02-23T19:24:00.000-08:00Go for it man. Kids read worse than that in high ...Go for it man. Kids read worse than that in high school; I'm sure they will love that the book is a little bit adult and that you trust them enough to handle it. There's worse stuff than that on network TV these days, anyways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com